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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 958. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. 
Sold For $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Licinius Crassus M.f. 55 BC. AR Denarius (3.89 g, 3h). Rome mint. Laureate and draped bust of Venus right, wearing stephane / Female standing facing, holding spear and rein of horse standing left behind her; cuirass and shield flanking her feet. Crawford 430/1; Sydenham 929; Licinia 18. EF, obverse struck slightly off center.


From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, 16 November 1994), lot 56.